Nickey Performance Turns a Restored 1956 Chevrolet Nomad into a Straight-Axle...
Tilt. Somewhere in a small farming town in central Illinois is a garage with a couple of car builders who live in a time warp that starts and ends in the 1960s. John Tinberg and Randy Schmitt...
View ArticleWeek to Wicked, Driven Beyond Hell’s Half Acre
This month’s build story on our Week to Wicked C10 covers nearly every aspect of the five-day transformation that, with the help of our talented Tech Center staff Jason Scudellari and Christian Arriero...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes at Wilwood Disc Brakes’ New Manufacturing Facility
There was time in hot rodding when brakes were a “must-have” but not a “brag-worthy” item. After all, they just “slowed you down;” and who was going to brag to their buddies about that? Enter the...
View ArticleCraigslist Find of the Week: Homebuilt Jeep
Family Truckster Off-Road Edition This bizarre homebuilt Jeep concoction has shown up in my Craigslist searches before. While it does have a strange, bulbous grille shell and the right-hand drive...
View ArticleCircle Track and Sunoco Reintroduce Young Racers Club
The Young Racers Club is making its return to Circle Track in a partnership with Sunoco Race Fuels. Racers between the ages of 14 and 24 can register to be the month’s featured racer and win prizes...
View ArticleCheck Out the Amazing Stories Behind These Barn Finds & Hidden Gems at the...
There are always a lot of very interesting cars at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, but regardless of what brand or make you personally appreciate, it seems everyone ends up in the Barn Finds...
View ArticleWrenchin’ Wednesday: Recycle Plastic Bottles Into Free Drain Pans and Funnels
You probably don’t think about it this way, but hot rodding is often an exercise in recycling. We take old, thrown-away junk and give it new life — no doubt doing our part keeping the Earth cleaner and...
View ArticleChili Bowl Night One Recap: Courtney Takes Win
Tyler Courtney scored an emotional Chili Bowl Nationals qualifying night win on Tuesday by wheeling his #Driven2SaveLives machine (which pays tribute to the late Bryan Clauson) to Victory Lane at Tulsa...
View ArticleTraditional Hot Rods and Rock ’n’ Roll at The Rhythm Collision 2017
Hot rods and rock ’n’ roll have been going together since they were both young. Axle Idzardi has been doing his share to keep them together, especially when it comes to traditional rods and customs and...
View ArticleJobs in Cars: The Automotive Art of Pat Dougherty
Pat Dougherty is one of those guys who makes mere mortals wonder why they’re so lame. At least that’s the effect he has on your author. Pat’s happily married and has raised three kids, he can sing and...
View ArticleThe 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon is SRT’s Upcoming Street/Strip Bruiser
2017 is off to a good start: Dodge is teasing what they call the “Demon” — could this be the ADR we’ve been hearing about since last fall, the rumored 1,000 hp super-Hellcat? Dodge won’t say, but...
View ArticleChili Bowl Night Two Recap: Berryhill Best from the West
Qualifying Night Two for the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire belonged to some California Dreamers. Travis Berryhill bested them all with his first Qualifying Night win,...
View ArticleMecum Kissimmee 2017: Amazing Don Fezell ‘Unobtanium’ Parts Collection Goes...
While a huge number of high-caliber cars is on hand as Mecum’s Kissimmee Auction continues toward the weekend, early risers will be on hand by 8 a.m. sharp Thursday through Saturday when the components...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Need A Costly Fuel System For Your Boosted V8!
The fuel system business is booming. Aftermarket pumps, regulators, lines, fittings, tanks, injectors, fuel rails—even entire how-to books—revolve around the task of delivering more fuel to an engine....
View ArticleTelling the Tale of this Historic 1930 Ford Model A Roadster is Decades Overdue!
Bridesmaid. Ever look at an old magazine and see a rod that piques your interest? You wonder, where is that machine now? Or why does that look familiar? About 14 years ago, Tom Cavoretto saw a photo of...
View ArticleMeet the Speakers of GRIP 2017
The lineup of speakers for the 2017 GRIP Seminars presented by Circle Track has been set. Industry experts from chassis setups, race team management, and data acquisition will be part of the grouping....
View ArticleCar Craft Ask Anything: You Ask, We Answer
Big-Block Camaro Brake-Bleed Blues Rose Serrano; via email: My husband and I are at our wits end with our big-block-powered 1968 Camaro. It still has the factory-installed front disc and rear drum...
View ArticleGallery: 1970s Drag Racing Through the Lens of Dave Kommel
Dave Kommel fell in love with drag racing in 1960 as a 10-year-old reading about Don Garlits in Hot Rod Magazine. He went to his first race in Union Grove, WI, in 1966 and started shooting trackside,...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: Friday the 13th Creature Creation
For a Friday the 13th Freak Show Friday we had to come up with something sinister and sick; so here ya go. How much more sick this is than sinister is up to your perception of what we have, which we at...
View Article800-HP Yenko 2017 Chevy Corvette Unveiled Ahead of Barrett-Jackson Debut
Just 50 modified Corvette Grand Sports to be produced Move over, Hellcat. There’s a new horsepower king in town. The 800-hp Yenko 2017 Chevrolet Corvette was unveiled earlier to a small group of media...
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